Continued: Healthy Wolves top Suns in Phoenix

• Former Wolves forward Wes Johnson had been on something of a roll — starting the past nine games, averaging 12.9 points in those games — since these teams played in Phoenix a month ago, at least until Friday, when he made just one of his first nine shots.

• Gelabale saw his first action since Budinger returned to the lineup Thursday by playing the game’s final six minutes.

• Somebody asked Greg Stiemsma before Friday’s game which Wolves player’s alma mater will go the farthest in the NCAA tournament. “Not mine,” he said with a long face after his beloved Wisconsin Badgers lost in the first round.